Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 23 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of all fixed penalty notices issued for breaches of the Register of Tobacco and Nicotine Vapour Product Retailers since 2020-21, broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority area.
The tables below set out fixed penalty notices for breaches of the Register of Tobacco and Nicotine Vapour Product Retailers covering the period you request.
Nicotine Vapour Products | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | Totals |
Aberdeen | 0 | ||||||
Aberdeenshire | 0 | ||||||
Angus | 0 | ||||||
Argyll & Bute | 0 | ||||||
City of Edinburgh | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 0 | ||||||
Dumfries & Galloway | 0 | ||||||
Dundee City | 0 | ||||||
East Ayrshire | 0 | ||||||
East Dumbarton | 0 | ||||||
East Lothian | 0 | ||||||
East Renfrewshire | 0 | ||||||
Falkirk | 0 | ||||||
Fife | 0 | ||||||
Glasgow City | 0 | ||||||
Highland | 1(c) | 1(b) | 2 | ||||
Inverclyde | 0 | ||||||
Midlothian | 1(c) | 1 | |||||
Moray | 0 | ||||||
North Ayrshire | 1(b) | 1(b) | 2 | ||||
North Lanarkshire | 0 | ||||||
Orkney | 0 | ||||||
Perth & Kinross | 2 (b) | 2 | |||||
Renfrewshire | 0 | ||||||
Scottish Borders | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||
Shetland | 0 | ||||||
South Ayrshire | 0 | ||||||
South Lanarkshire | 0 | ||||||
Stirling [and Clackmannan] | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||
West Dumbartonshire | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||
West Lothian | 0 | ||||||
Total | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
a. Failure to notify a change of detail
b. Carrying on a business whilst unregistered
c. Carrying on a business from premises for which that person is not registered
Tobacco | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | Totals |
Aberdeen | 0 | ||||||
Aberdeenshire | 0 | ||||||
Angus | (1 x a) & (1 x c) | 2 | |||||
Argyll & Bute | 1 (b) | 1 (b) | 2 | ||||
City of Edinburgh | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 0 | ||||||
Dumfries & Galloway | 0 | ||||||
Dundee City | 0 | ||||||
East Ayrshire | 0 | ||||||
East Dumbarton | 0 | ||||||
East Lothian | 0 | ||||||
East Renfrewshire | 0 | ||||||
Falkirk | 0 | ||||||
Fife | 1 (b) | 3(b) | 7 (b) | 2 (c) | 2 (b) | 15 | |
Glasgow City | 0 | ||||||
Highland | 1 (c) | 1 | |||||
Inverclyde | 0 | ||||||
Midlothian | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||
Moray | 1(b) | 1(b) | 2 | ||||
North Ayrshire | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||
North Lanarkshire | 0 | ||||||
Orkney | 0 | ||||||
Perth & Kinross | (1 x b) & (1 x c) | 2 | |||||
Renfrewshire | 0 | ||||||
Scottish Borders | 0 | ||||||
Shetland | 0 | ||||||
South Ayrshire | 3 (c) | 3 | |||||
South Lanarkshire | |||||||
Stirling [and Clackmannan] | (4 x b) & (1 x c) | 5 | |||||
West Dumbartonshire | 2 (a) | 2 | |||||
West Lothian | 0 | ||||||
Total | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 37 |
a. Failure to notify a change of detail
b. Carrying on a business whilst unregistered
c. Carrying on a business from premises for which that person is not registered